For the first time, Vietnam has a national program to protect children in the online environment

The Prime Minister signed Decision No. 830 approving the Program to protect and support children to interact healthy and creatively in the online environment for the period 2021-2025. According to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, this is the first time that Vietnam has issued a ban. implementing a separate national program on the protection of children online.
The promulgation of the national program to protect children online is concretizing a step in the implementation of Resolution No. 121/2020/QH14 dated June 19, 2020 of the National Assembly on continuing to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the Internet. The implementation of policies and laws on child abuse prevention and control is a strong message, showing the Government’s determination to protect the future generation of digital citizens.

The program has “dual goals” including: Protecting the secrets of private life and preventing and dealing with acts of taking advantage of the internet environment to abuse children, in which special attention is paid to equipping children. knowledge and skills appropriate for each age (digital immune system) so that children can self-identify and protect themselves in the online environment. At the same time, the program maintains a healthy network environment, develops an ecosystem of Vietnamese products and applications for children to learn, connect, and entertain creatively. The program sets out a number of specific goals such as: 100% of primary schools, junior high schools, high schools, and child protection and nurturing facilities periodically organize propaganda and education programs for children. knowledge and skills necessary for children to participate in a safe online environment. 100% of children who are victims of abuse in the online environment are supported and intervened at the request of the children themselves or from their relatives and the social community. To achieve the goals, the program will deploy many technical measures, solutions, and technology applications. The program deploys technical solutions to connect, share data, collect and analyze information, monitor compliance with filtering, and remove child abuse content on the network environment; establish friendly information channels to receive and reflect on images, videos and content of child abuse in the online environment; integrate online notification channels on issues related to children in the network environment with the national child protection switchboard number 111. In addition, the program will put into use in the education industry software, information and communication technology applications, scientific repositories, electronic publications to improve the quality of teaching and learning on the Internet. network environment , and at the same time well manage students’ access to the network, innovate the way the school interacts with families and students; contribute to the safe implementation of digital transformation in the field of education and training. The program also encourages and calls for Vietnamese businesses in digital technology, digital content and digital media to develop and master technologies to protect and support children in the online environment and applications and content. help children interact healthy and creative in the online environment.